Coordination and subordination: the test

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  1. In Tired, miserable, wet, we waited for the bus we have:
    1.   A subordinated clause
    2.   A missing subordinator
    3.   Asyndectic coordination
    4.   Asyndectic subordination
  2. Why is She stayed at home so it was raining wrong but It was raining so she stayed at home correct?
    1.   Because although the conjunction is a subordinator, this is semantically impossible
    2.   Because the conjunction is only a coordinator when it refers to cause and effect
    3.   Because although the conjunction is a coordinator, this is semantically impossible
    4.   Because the conjunction should be because of in this case
  3. Why is So that I could see his footsteps the snow was fresh on the ground wrong?
    1.   Because the direction of causality is mistaken
    2.   Because so that is a subordinator and cannot be fronted
    3.   Because so that is a coordinator and cannot be fronted
    4.   Because it should be ... the snow was so fresh on the ground that ...
  4. In So that she could see, she stood on a box we have:
    1.   A compound-complex sentence
    2.   A compound sentence
    3.   A fronted coordinator
    4.   A fronted subordinator
  5. In In order to catch the bus he hurried down the road we have:
    1.   A complex subordinating conjunction
    2.   A preposition acting to subordinate
    3.   A preposition acting to coordinate
    4.   A coordinating conjunction
  6. In The car broke down and that was why I was late we have:
    1.   A relative pronoun phrase acting to subordinate
    2.   A sentence in which the clauses can be reversed with no loss of meaning
    3.   A relative adverbial phrase acting to coordinate
    4.   A relative adverb phrase acting to subordinate
  7. In She left the money on the kitchen table before she went out and the boy took it we have:
    1.   Three subordinated clauses
    2.   One main clause and two coordinated subordinate clauses
    3.   Two coordinated clauses and one subordinated clause
    4.   Three coordinated clauses
  8. In Not wearing a tie will mean they won't let you in we have:
    1.   A simple sentence with no subordination
    2.   A non-finite verb form acting as a conditional subordinator
    3.   A coordinated sentence of two clauses
    4.   A sentence in which the clauses can be reversed with no loss of meaning
  9. Two independent clauses can only be joined by ...
    1.   subordination
    2.   coordination
    3.   attachment
    4.   linking
  10. In Because John was alone we invited him for dinner but he didn't want to come we have:
    1.   One subordinate clause and two coordinated clauses
    2.   Three subordinated clauses
    3.   Three coordinated clauses
    4.   Two subordinated clauses and one coordinated clause